Certified Translation for Rapid City, SD
Apostille Authentications prepares certified translations for Rapid City customers, priced from $65 per page. Most are completed in 1 to 2 business days. We are not located in the Black Hills: the service is remote, run from the Portland, Oregon area, with uploads through our quote form and delivery electronically or by mail. Your translation comes with a signed certificate of accuracy, and we can arrange notarization of the translator’s statement and assist with a South Dakota apostille.
Upload your document below as a PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word file, or call (971) 514-3743 for a quote.
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Pennington County offices for the records behind your translation
Before a document can be translated for official use, you often need a fresh certified copy. In Rapid City those come from the following places.
Certified copies can also be ordered from the South Dakota Department of Health Vital Records office, 221 West Capitol Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501, in person, by mail, online or by phone. The state fee is $15 per certificate, and online orders carry a separate processing charge. Divorce certificates are available only from that state office.
| Pennington County Register of Deeds | 900 Concourse Dr Suite 110, Rapid City, SD 57703, (605) 394-2177, open 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on weekdays. Issues marriage licenses and takes vital record requests. |
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| Vital record requests by mail | Pennington County Register of Deeds, PO Box 6160, Rapid City, SD 57709. The county’s request form covers birth, death and marriage certificates at $15 per record copy. |
| Seventh Judicial Circuit | Pennington County court offices, 315 St Joseph St, Rapid City, 605-394-2571. The circuit covers Custer, Fall River, Oglala Lakota and Pennington counties. Divorce decrees are requested from the Clerk of Courts. |
| U.S. District Court, Western Division | Andrew W. Bogue Federal Building, 515 Ninth Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, (605) 399-6000. |
The apostille route from Rapid City
There is no apostille counter in Rapid City. The Secretary of State in Pierre is the only office that issues South Dakota apostilles, and it accepts requests by mail at South Dakota Secretary of State, Attn: Apostille Office, 500 E. Capitol Ave., Pierre, SD 57501. The published fee is $25 per document. Mail requests are processed within 2 business days of receipt, and the office returns documents by standard USPS or in a prepaid self-addressed envelope you supply. It does not accept or send DHL shipments.
If you would rather go in person, drop-off hours at Suite 112 are Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
For notarized documents the state requires a South Dakota Notary Public. Where your translation has to be notarized for South Dakota, we hire a notary commissioned in South Dakota to notarize the translator’s statement.
What state courts say about language
South Dakota’s Unified Judicial System states in its Language Access Plan that all submitted forms must be in English, and it publishes some forms in Spanish. Anyone who needs an interpreter for a hearing is given one at no charge; ask court staff. A written translation of an exhibit, such as a foreign judgment or certificate, is something you arrange yourself, and our certified translations are prepared for that purpose.
The court system’s interpreter listings name Russian, Vietnamese, Arabic and Spanish among the languages it has needed, along with Amharic, Dinka, French, Karen, Kunama, Nepali, Somali, Swahili and Tigrinya.
Transcripts and South Dakota Mines
South Dakota Mines, the engineering and science university in Rapid City, lets international applicants send unofficial international transcripts for the admission review and then requires official transcripts by August 15 for fall or December 15 for spring. Its admissions page says copied documents must be certified by an official school or government agency seal as originals or certified photocopies. The page does not set out a translation rule, so ask the admissions office what it wants for records that are not in English.
How Rapid City customers order
We translate personal records such as birth, marriage and death certificates, school records, court papers and business documents. Name the receiving office when you upload so we can prepare the right certificate.
- 1. Upload. Use the quote form to send a PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word file.
- 2. Approve. We quote from $65 per page and give a completion date, usually 1 to 2 business days out.
- 3. Receive. Delivery is electronic or by mail to your Rapid City address.
- Contact. (971) 514-3743 during office hours, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Languages and immigration paperwork
According to Census Reporter’s ACS profile, about 3.7 percent of Rapid City residents were born outside the United States. Our translators cover 100 languages, and the ones requested most are Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic and Czech. Please ask about any other language.
For USCIS, 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requires a full English translation of any foreign-language document, certified by the translator as complete and accurate, along with the translator’s certification of competence. We cannot guarantee any agency’s decision on a filing.
Related services for Rapid City
- South Dakota document translation services: the statewide rules for courts, notaries, vital records and driver licensing
- South Dakota apostille service
- All document translation services
Rapid City translation questions
Apostille Authentications translates documents for Rapid City residents remotely from the Portland, Oregon area. Upload the file through the quote form and the certified translation is returned by email or mail.
Most translations are ready in 1 to 2 business days, and pricing starts at $65 per page.
No state office issues apostilles in Rapid City. Requests go to the South Dakota Secretary of State in Pierre by mail or in person, at $25 per document.
The Pennington County Register of Deeds takes vital record requests at $15 per record copy, by mail at PO Box 6160, Rapid City, SD 57709. The state Department of Health in Pierre also issues them.
The South Dakota Mines international undergraduate page requires official transcripts and certified copies but does not state a translation rule. Ask the admissions office directly about records that are not in English.
The Western Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota is in the Andrew W. Bogue Federal Building at 515 Ninth Street, Rapid City.
Sources
The local details on this page come from these official sources.
- Pennington County Register of Deeds
- Pennington County Register of Deeds: Vital Records Request form
- Unified Judicial System: Seventh Judicial Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota: Court Info
- South Dakota Secretary of State: Apostilles and Authentications
- South Dakota Unified Judicial System Language Access Plan, Fiscal Year 2025
- South Dakota Mines: International Undergraduate Admissions
- 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) (eCFR)
- Census Reporter: Rapid City profile (ACS)
Get your Rapid City translation started
Upload your document for a quote, or call (971) 514-3743 and tell us where the translation is going. We confirm the level of certification you need before any work begins.